240 N James St, Newport, Delaware 19804, United States
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What Is a Sterile Processing Technician?
A sterile processing technician is a professional who maintains the cleanliness of surgical
instruments, functionality, and ensures instrumentation and equipment are safe to be reused to
prevent healthcare acquired infections.
What Does a Sterile Processing Technician Do?
As a sterile processing technician, you are responsible for decontaminating, inspecting, assembling,
packaging, and sterilizing surgical instruments to maintain patient safety.
What Will I Learn in This Program?
You will gain hands-on experience and learn the basics of sterile processing including:
- Understanding the sterile processing cycle
- Understanding microbiology and infection control as it pertains to sterile processing and
decontamination procedures
- Implement infection control practices to ensure the efficiency of best practices
- Learn basic instrumentation, wrapping of uncontained items, and management of inventory
What are the Career Opportunities of a Sterile Processing Technician?
Our classes will prepare you to work in hospitals, surgery centers, and physician’s clinics handling
many of the following:
- Cleaning, disinfecting and dispensing sterile instrumentation within a health care facility
- Working in a sterile processing department setting
- Being part of a dedicating team who takes pride in providing functional, accurate, neat, and
sterile instrumentation and equipment
- Find employment as a healthcare professional internationally and contributing to effective
patient care
- Becoming a CRCST which is offered by HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) and being eligible for other HSPA based
certifications